Woodworking blog entries tagged with 'traditional'

Ok, had a few scraps of Poplar, just sitting around, getting in the way
Trimmed a few down, to see IF I could make a box out of them…
Laid out some tools, to make a few dovetails..
Just the Usual Suspects….Laid out some pins, since I do pins first..
Went to set up the Shop Stool, so I could sit while I work…
This is where it normally sits at, when I am running a saw..
This time, the welds on the stool decided to gave way…..had to saw the first set sta...

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Just a simple method that will work to set the hoop properly on your Japanese chisels. Just remember that if you buy a brand new Japanese chisel that they will NOT come setup and ready to use. You are expected to set the tool up the way that you prefer.
If you haven’t done anything with Japanese tools this task is a great confidence booster and a great starting point for your skills. It’s truly not difficult and once you’ve done it a few ...

A trip to Walmart…..bought a packet of chain & hooks…16’. Was the shortest they had. More for hanging a flower pot, but….I only needed a wee bit. Rest can still go to hang a flower pot….
Set the id opened to where it looked about right…eyeballed the length needed, and grabbed the bolt cutters to trim the chain to length. Two screws, set into pilot holes, to hold the chain….that was the “easy part”...
So, how to hold th...

Monday….got the sides glued up…..Traced the bottom panel, after the sides came back out of the clamps,,,bandsaw to remove the excess. Press fit into place. helped square the sides up…then just some nails, no glue, to hold the bottom in place..
Then used the tray to mark how far down to install the rails. Three screws each, no glue…then a tes drive..
Then the important part…does the lid close, without hitting the tray?
Got to thinking, dangero...

Hello, I would like to demonstrate how to use my web-tool.
https://designer-board.firebaseapp.com
This is the tool for constructing end grain cutting boards . Whereas I am fond of mastering cutting boards in my leisuretime, I’ve got an idea to create a web tool for modeling them. So, let’s start.First of all, user can choose out of 3 languages to use web site – English, Ukrainian and Russian. At the top of a page there is menu, that allows user navigate through a website. Choosing...

Hinges I had bought for this project…looked a bit wimpy….needed something a bit …different. Some yard sale finds gave me a few hinges to try. One “leaf” was a bit too long, though. Grinder to remove the “excess” metal..
One is a before, the other three are after the grinder work. Sat the lid in the vise, laid out the locations for the hinges, drilled a few pilot holes….
Once all three were done, I set the lid aside, cleared a sp...

Well, catching up….trying to get this project done..sometime…
Got this all sanded down to 120 grit…and added a coat of amber shellac….
Still needs to have the hinges installed….
All squared edges were rounded over, using a spokeshave, a block plane, and smoothed out with the sander..Hinges?
Well…they did make it ON to the chest…in a way. The Maple 1×1 and the 1×4?
The skinny one is to be a rail. The one by is to supply a...

Had a little 3 month old puppy in the house…..she came down sick the other day….the next morning she passed away, before we could even get her to the vet…..thinking something poisoned her out in the yard….
Ok, I wasn’t in a very good mood when I returned to the shop…
Hammer and chisel to shape the feet a bit, to at least blend them together….Ripped a bunch of maple scraps into 1×1s…and made a frame of sorts..
To support the plywood...

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I had gotten this plane off of ebay initially. The seller is actually selling her father’s antique collection, sadly he passed away at a young age from cancer and has left her his collection. I decided to restore the plane and give her a little video of it so she could see what was being done with the tool.
I didn’t want this tool to just sit on a shelf so I decided to give it a proper repair and put it to work. The blade is a bit narrow for the body but that&...

Not moving the best, this week, forced to take things a bit easy…..Ok, to get caught up with this project….
Got the fourth panel all glued up….and even did a test fit…
Which left the problem of the glue joints at the corners….took yesterday off…wasn’t feeling too good..
Today, after a decent rest, went SLOWLY to the shop…trying to keep the trips up and down the stairs as low as I can…..Set up an end panel in the vise…
I...